Breaking news
This refers to the letter by Mr Asaddar Ali, FCA of Metropolitan University with reference to Bangabandhu murder case court verdict, under the caption: "Breaking News" as published at The Daily Star on December 02, 2009.
Mr. Ali may note that English is a living language. It's no more limited to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 7th edition. In modern news reporting , particularly in reference to electronic media, breaking news is no more confined to bad news only. In modern parlance, breaking news means "interrupting the existing news-report which is being telecast", to show the latest, eagerly awaited, more important, and sensational developments. Here, breaking means interrupting forcefully.
This may be verified from any current and reputed thesaurus.
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